37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall . That is quite enough. I could approve in some men actions which, to me, also, would be lawful but would not be expedient upon the higher rule of glorifying God in all things! For if our Lord did not say that men shall give the good measure, it may also be observed that He did not say they will not. Here are Jesus and Judas: both go and give themselves to the Pharisees; both stand in the Pharisees' presence and hear what they have to say. Even so, we have something else to do beyond watching over our own inward feelings! 36-42. Pressed down - As figs or grapes might be, and thus many more might be put into the measure. Answer, distinguishing between Legal and Evangelical righteousness. You borrow my pail and you will lend me your flat irona neighborly sort of barter which goes on all around and ought to go onbut there is nothing very wonderful in it, for, after all, it is a sort of laying by in storemaking your neighbor your banker for a while! The sick touched His garment and were restored and those who were possessed of devils were healedyou rejoice at the miracles of Christ, but you see Him to be as mighty in word as in deedand you adore Him for His gracious teachings which remain to us after His miracles have ceased. s 14, 15.--"For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. a Believer a wonderful being, since even spiritual power and victory over the devil do not excite him, but he finds his joy in a fact which is quite out of himself and fixed by the unchangeable decree of God? Is it not the man who, when he was in other circumstances, held himself the steward of God, and because he possessed all things in charge, used them as one who had to give account. For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a, LUKE vi. But flowing or running over measure, was the same with that which was heaped, as appears from the following instance (f): (k) These are borrowed types of sayings, taken from those who used to measure dry things, as corn and such things, who do it in a rather forceful manner, and thrust it down and shake it together, and press it and put it into a pile. I allow in other men what I would denounce in myself. Do you not feel, in many points, that even unconverted men have excelled you? Meekness under injuries.--7. This proves the poverty of our Lord's parents. I believe that martyrs at the stake. If you could do them good, would you delight to do it and repeat the deed until you had made them too happy to be malicious, too much indebted to continue at enmity? I blush to think of the many instances which I could quote, but there is no needyou know it is so! LUKE xvi. Luke 6:32-34. The answer is "every man" the rich of their abundance, the poor something even of their poverty. He ordains a standard far above the common standard of mankind when He says, again and again, "What credit is that to you? Ends studded with Spurgeon left this earth for his heavenly hope in 1892. And they are hissing at Him, jesting at His prayers and scoffing at His criesall this at your Lord! E. OrrHow to Live a Holy Life, The Golden Rule of Life. iv.8-11; vi.4-10). Yet it is not up to the mark of Christ's teaching if it stands alone! VI. Are you not one of them, yourself? The Christian is heroic, next, in his fearlessness. 36. For Ye have not Received the Spirit of BondageRom. False marks of growth to be avoided.--3. Dr. Lightfoot reads it, "flowing over"; by what authority I cannot say; though the gloss says, the word signifies, "flowing over, by reason of its height,''. A sermon delivered by C.H. 1. "If you do good to them which do good to you, what credit is that to you?" 4. The genuine Christian stands not in fear of public opinion and dreads not the frown of those whom God frowns upon. 35; Luke vi. Into your bosom - That is, to you. Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. (From the Gospel for the day) This sermon telleth us of four measures that shall be rendered unto man, and of two grades of a godly life, and how we ought to love our neighbour. Luke 6:10-11. Will you, after this, be proud and claim honor from your brethren and grow angry if it is refused? 1. King James Version . Kevin Fiala was an immense disappointment for a second straight postseason, and Boldy . WHO IS TO GIVE? Even in his own success as a Christian worker he takes but measured satisfaction. But if they had learned better, they would have chosen Christ for a Master and would have been willing to gird themselves at His command and wait on their Lord, counting it their honor to be servants of so Divine a Prince! "Judge not--condemn not--forgive." Luke was a companion of Paul ( Acts 16:10-11; 2 Timothy 4:11; Philemon 1:24) and Paul called him the beloved physician ( Colossians 4:14 ). And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people._ Dastardly fear often drives men to the greatest crimes. The publican standing afar off, and looking at his faults, and not at his virtues, offers the pattern prayer for all men, "Lord, The Life of Duty, a Year's Plain Sermons, v. 2, 4th Sunday after Trinity. . We judge ourselves by a severer rule than we would apply to others, for our privileges and responsibilities are exceptionally great. He may rejoice as they do in the common bounties of Providence, but that joy is to hold very secondary rank. Life itself.The possibility of giving life, self, to God for ever. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.' Yet I have known professors of that sort, who would gladly tear the Master's vesture that they might have only the softest part of it to be a pillow for their idle heads. And here it iswe are to love them that hate us and treat us despitefully! A doctrine from Him we value beyond the much fine gold and a command is equally high in our esteem. This is a good rule for every-day living. Know you not that your Lord has said, "Except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall in no case enter the Kingdom of Heaven"? The road is the same and men may travel in it apparently in the same directionand yet they may be journeying with totally different motivesthe first may be on the King's business, the next may be a footpad and the third an escaped convict running from justice. Differently to be admonished are the joyful and the sad. The same law applies to the truths which men believe, or the causes for which they labour. Again, you note in the 34th verse that mention is made of helping others in a neighborly way with the expectation of their returning the friendly deed. Just a little later in this same sermon ( Luke 6:43-45 ), Jesus commanded us to know ourselves and others by the fruit of their life, and some sort of assessment is necessary for that. We dare not ask for justice, we can only plead for mercy. Judge not . xii. He said that it haunted him perpetually ( Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit [Pilgrim Publications], 19:466). Luke 6:31. If you are what you profess to be, my Brothers and Sisters, more is expected from you than from any other men beneath the sun and, therefore, I shall throw aside all hesitancy in setting before you a supreme standard and asking of you what we never can get from sinners, nor from men of the world. Dom. Read full chapter. I say all this because to certain of you a sort of apology may seem necessary for the strong things that may be said before you at this time. God vacates His Throne and becomes a Man. Sometimes the requital of a man's open-heartedness, and the readiness with which he has bestowed of what he has upon others, is furnished to him in the feelings of his own heart; and he herein gains a rich, abundant, and blessed recompense. Though they seem to be crushed and dead beneath their cross they still put forth the beautiful flowers and glorious fruits of eternal life which Sadhu Sundar SinghAt The Master's Feet, Give, and it will be given to you. I would bestir them as a lion arouses the young lions and urges them to the prey. We may be decorated with gems which glitter and glow and yet they may be mere paste and none of them the work of God's Spirit. Be not astonished, for the Gospel is one of those thoughts of God which is not our thoughtthe whole system which Christ has ushered in is foreign to men, being as far above them as the heavens are above the earth! Verse Meaning of Luke 6:38 "Give and it will be given unto you". He must give us the nature to which those blessings can be given. To those who are friendly to us, we should also be friendly. The true Believer is to be willing to bear reproach, yes, and to bear much more than reproach, as saints of God have done time out of mind. The nails tear through His feetthe feet of your Lord! Our possessions - our money, our time, our books, our clothes, etc. 38 Give, and it will be given to you. And when they were ended, he was hungry. Or when could it be evil whilst Thou wert near? 3. Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. Is it not so with you, you followers of the Crucified? Compare Isaiah 65:7, "I will measure their former work into their bosom; also Jeremiah 32:18. You as a Christian are to rise to something higher than thisnamely, to be ready to help without the expectation of being helped againready to aid those who you are certain could not help you! As all His garments smell of myrrh, aloes and cassia, so are all His words most sweet to our taste. They have all held out their several hands, and the same ground has put its own gift into each of them. First, Believers renouncing the righteousness of the law, look only to Christ. He disdained to live unto Himself, for He left the Throne of Glory to come down to Bethlehem's manger, to a carpenter's shop and to a servant's life! It has great depths. You go to the House of Godso do the heathens go to the house of their god. To illustrate this, I will confine myself to the Gospel according to Luke. Turn to the 14th chapter and see our Lord's directions to His disciples not to seek out the highest, but rather the lowest place, for, He says, "Whoever exalts himself shall be abased and he that humbles himself shall be exalted." The Whip a. Zeal for the divine honor.--11. The Temptation of Jesus. Sermon. Luke vi. Benevolence to men.--5. Just follow my text in the 35th verse"Love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great." The rich man finds his wealth in his bursting barns, but the Believer finds his treasure in the all-sufficiency of His God. Everything in PLUS. But I will forewarn you whom you shall fear: Fear Him, which after He has killed, has power to cast into Hell." He should be quiet, peaceable, gentle. Men have been true heroes in proportion as they have spent themselves and their powers on behalf of their kind. 2. The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul. What trouble did it cost the Creator to make him? No soul, bad in itself, can really learn the possibility of goodness by mere sight and touch even of a world of saints, and no soul really good can lose the noble consciousness that man was made for goodness, even though all the world but him is steeped in wickedness, nay, in subtle ways he will feed that consciousness there. And he did so and his hand was restored whole as the other. It has great depths. Gregory to Anastasius, &c. That a good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth good things (Matth. What reward? viii. 35). The same man who is so gentle that if men will not listen to him, he goes elsewhere, is so steadfast that he cannot be silenced! "And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them like wise." Such a creature you and I shall yet become. Surely here is the groundwork and argument of something supremely good! I have appointed you, that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in My Name, He may give it you. One cries, "Come here and see my barn"; another cries, "Come here and see my museum"; the other says, "Let me read you my poem." A true knowledge of Christian liberty useful and necessary. And yet if I had behaved one half as badly, there would have been rebellion and presumption in the deed! It is your Lord, remember! For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.". Meanwhile, others will not join them on this journey (Matthew 24:40-41 and Luke 17:34-36). HOW MUCH ARE WE TO GIVE? What different things she is to all of us, this earth we live in I Why is it that one man laughs at another's view about the earth, and thinks him mad because of some strange value that he places on it? He is never to be known as one who is forward, self-seeking, self-asserting. Can you love those who will not mention your name without grinding their teeth in envy, or sneering in scorn? When he has gone to the habitations of the poor, when he has stood by the bedside of the sick, when he has ministered to those human necessities which fell within the compass of his ability to remove, then there has been in his own soul a far better requital for his expenditure, than if he had bestowed his money in any other possible way. Heathen moralists recommended kindness, but they did not suggest its being lavished upon enemies. If you have before now never known Christian joy, you shall know it then! The St. James High track squad finished third in the boys' division of the 14-school Cuba Invitational, held Thursday, April 13. Rise to that God-like point! Therefore the beatitudes do not differ from the virtues and gifts. 2. . 36-38. The good measure will be given, and even men will have their share in giving it. We shall find a reward in being unrewarded! See, the iron pass through His handsit is your Lord who is thus maimed! Mary listens to Jesus' teachings (39). Into your bosom.The large fold of an Eastern dress over the chest, often used as a pocket. "You shall be the children of the Highest: for He is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil." But if we would see the greater depths. Many judge their religion the other way about. Luke 6:31. We expect to see something of the father in the child. to the gifts of the Holy Ghost; and Ambrose in his commentary on Luke 6:20, seqq., ascribes the beatitudes mentioned there, to the four cardinal virtues. Hence poverty of spirit does AquinasNature and Grace, Whether the Beatitudes Differ from the virtues and Gifts?Objection 1: It would seem that the beatitudes do not differ from the virtues and gifts. A true knowledge of Christian liberty useful and necessary. Habitual and cheerful willingness to exchange worlds when ever God shall appoint.--12. But let us study it for a moment. To live by every word of God is not only to hear it but also to do it. It maintains the merits of Christ, the truth of the Gospel, and the peace of the soul. Spurgeon regarded mercy ministry as not merely optional for Christians to be engaged in, but something he felt was actually essential to the life of the Christian and the ministry of the local church. It is not good when either of them is made cynical, and sneers at the possibility of virtue because of the vice which he has felt in its contamination at his side. Sinners also perform their religious acts and besides these, some of them exhibit many external virtues and yet they manifestly fail to approach the standard or Christian virtue. The gentle, patient, peaceable, kind, loving, forgiving, affectionatethese shall be known to be the sons of God and is this nothing? All gifts flow from God's "tender mercy" and fidelity to promises made. I lend you an axe and you will, one day, lend me a saw. He should act upon facts which others may accept as theories but would never dream of risking a shilling upon. Ah, when I thought of Him whom all Heaven worshipsour blessed, blessed Masteractually coming round with a basin to wash the disciples' feet, I felt my eyes fill with tears and I sympathized with Peter when he cried, "Do You wash my feet?" And yet you call yourself a Christian? For more than 20 years, Sermons That Work, a ministry of The Episcopal Church's Office of Communication, has provided free sermons, Bible studies, bulletin inserts, and other resources that speak to congregations across the Church. Luke 6:38(NASB) Verse Thoughts. He was a strong figure in the Reformed Baptist traditio. 19:21: "If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor." The platter is clean, it could not be cleanerbut while the filth remains withinit cannot be acceptable with God. Those who are under this influence will have no rule in the Church of God except their own rulethey are too heady and high-minded to submit themselves to those who are over them in the Lord. It purifies the conscience. So I pray that this simple message will haunt us: We need to see as Jesus saw and feel as Jesus felt so that we will do as Jesus did. After this fashion is he to play the man. Take two boys in a class at college; two clerks in a shop in town. 1. So far from flinching from suffering, we are not even to give it a thought as to how we shall speak if we are brought before kings and rulers, for a part of the Christian's heroism is to lie in his calm self-possession. For Augustine (De Serm. It will generally be so understood that its meaning will be false and this is a great pitwe must not utter falsehoods in order to honor God. Rash judgments arise from pride. Objection 2: Further, there are but two rules of the human will: the reason and the eternal, To Anastasius, Presbyter [1714] . Volume 38, Sermons 2237-2288 (1892) Hide. This holds good of all religions actions. First, the economy of Grace requires it. And they went to another village.". Here are the key facts we have gathered up to this point: Luke 17:37 and Matthew 24:28 indicate that some will be sent to a place where birds will be flying over dead bodies. Great things ought to come of us if that is what we are and are growing to. Because He is our Shepherd and we cannot want, we are to dwell at ease and lie down in green pastures like a peaceful, restful flock. Dec 25, 2005. 37. IV. The examination important.--2. S. LUKE vi. But truly these are interwoven through other. Luke 6:38. For it was explained in Art. Is not. He will wash the saints' feet. For with the same measure that ye mete withal, it shall be measured to you again. I must admit that they are not easy to come by, but when you are meek and lowly you will find them on the principle that like draws to like and birds of a feather flock together. After our measure we are to be the samewe are to aspire to the higher happiness of which our Lord said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive." Observe the three things mentioned in the text against which there is no law, but of which much is to be spoken in commendation. The reward, then, consists in being like God. The design and structure of Luke's story about Jesus' visit in the home of Mary and Martha (Luke 10:38-42) is straightforward, and it is told in a linear fashion. False marks of growth to be avoided.--3. If the question is whether our character is the offspring of Nature or of Grace, it will be a sad thing if the verdict should turn out to be that it is the dead child of Nature finely dressed, but not the living child of Divine Grace! 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